Staple-puller and wire-tightener



.(No Model.) y 'i T. P. WOOTEN.

, STABLE PULLER AND WIRE TIGHTBNBR.

No. 561,463T Patented'June 2, 1896= I kgmmullllllllllll MM 'll Inumnlillmm mmIIIIII/'HLIIIWMT E my 'V 1133213176: ZZea/@zsfo ten UNITEDSTATES PATENT @Erica THEOPHILUS PARKER \VOOTEN, OF BRYAN, TEXAS.

STAPLE-PULLER AND WIRE-TIGHTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,463, dated June 2,1896. Application tiled July 10, 1895. Serial No. 555,566. (No model.)

To a/ZZ 1071/0712/ t may concern:

Be itknown that I, THEOPHILUs PARKER XVOOTEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bryan, in the county of Brazos and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Staple-Puller and Vire-Tightener, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in devices for drawing staplesand tightening fence-wires, and has for its object to provide a simple,reliable, and efficient staple-puller and wire tightener or twistercombined.

One of the objects of the invention is to render the device easilyinterchangeable from a staple-puller to a wire twister or tightener.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thesubjoined description.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the drawings, and iinally embodied in the claims. l

In the accompanying drawings', Figure 1 is a perspective view of animproved hand device constructed in accordance with the prescntinvention, the same being adapted as a staple-puller. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same adapted as a wire tightener or twister. Fig. 3 isa detail view of the staple-puller attachment. Fig. 4 is a similar viewof the twister or tightener attachment.

Similarnumerals of reference designate corresponding` parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, l designates the handle or stop of thedevice, which is formed adjacent to its outer end with an enlargement 2,in which is formed a rectangular aperture 3. Outside of and beyond suchenlargement is an integrally-formed curved extension in the .form of asubstantially semicircularhook or jaw 4f, the extremity of which isflattened for a purpose that will hereinafter appear. The inner end ofthe handle l is provided wi th an integrally-formed loop or eye 5, whichis adapted to receive a bar or lever for turning the device when used asa wire tightencr or twister.

G designates the staple-puller attachment, which is formed at its innerend with a rectangular shank or bearing which enters and rests withinthe rectangular 'opening 3 in the between the same and the hook or jaw iand is formed at its outer end with an inwardlyprojecting pointed andtapering iinger or bill l0, which is adapted when in closed position tolie just outside of or beyond the extremity of the hook or jaw 4.

`1l indicates a handle-lever, which is carried by the member G and ispivotally connected therewith by means of a link 12. The outer end ofthe handle-leverll is extended beyond its pivotal connection with thelink l2, where it receives one end of a pivotal link 13, which carriesat its outer end a laterallyprojecting pin or stud la, which enters andhas its bearing in a perforation in the jaw or hook 4. By means of thisconstruction it will be seen that by rocking the handle-lever 1l theextremities of the hook 4 and member G may be vibrated toward or awayfrom each other, as desired, and the extent to which the device may beopened may be regulated by adjusting the win ged nut 9 inward or outwardupon the threaded shank 8 of the staple-puller member.

In operation the iiattened extremity of the hook or jaw 4 is placedagainst the staple to be drawn and the inner ends of the handles l andl1 drawn toward each other, which will cause the finger or bill 10 toenter the staple, whereupon by vibrating the handles in the properdirection the rounded outer end of the member 6 will act as a fulcrum,thus adapting the finger or bill l0 to operate as a pry and to extractthe staple.

By removing the winged nut and washer the staple-puller attachment,together with its handle-lever, may be removed from the handle or stock1 and the wire twister or tightener attachment applied in the placethereof. This latter attachment is provided similarly to the member Gwith a rectangular shank or extension 15, which enters the rec- IOOtangular opening 3 of the handle l, and also with a threaded shank towhich may be applied the same winged nut and washer used for securingthe member G in place. The wiretightener attachment has formedintegrally therewith a curved or substantially semicircular jaw 16 ofapproximatelythe same shape as the jaw 4, and also provided with aiiattened extremity which is adapted to abut against the correspondingextremity of the jaw 4L, when the same are drawn together by the Wingednut.

In operation the wire to be tightened is clamped between the outer endsor extremities of the jaws 4 and 16 with the aid of the winged nut and abar or lever inserted through the loop or eye 5 at the inner end of thehandle l. The device is now rotated until the slack has been taken up inthe wire by forming as many twists therein as may be necessary, afterwhich the wire may be again secured by a staple.

The device above described will thus be seen to comprise both astaple-puller and a wire tighten er or twistcrgand the change from onearticle to the other may be readily affected in a short space of time.The device is very simple in construction, strong and durable inpractice, an d will be found very convenient and efficient in operation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

I-laving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, anddesired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

l. A device of the character described, comprisin g a suitable handle orstock having an opening and provided with an integral hook or jaw, amovable jaw having a shank arranged Within the opening in the handle orstock and having also a threaded shank adapted to receive anadjusting-nut, a pointed iinger or bill formed integrally with themovable jaw and disposed beyond the extremity of the jaw on the handleor stock, and a handle-lever for opening and closing the points orextremities of said jaws, substantially in the manner and for thepurpose speciiied.

2. In a staple-extractor, the combination with a handle and a ixed jawthereon, of a movable jaw having a direct and loose connection with thehandle, the j aw-closin g lever interposed between the jaws, and pivotallinks connecting said le ver and jaws, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THEOPIIILUS PARKER WOOTEN. W'itnesses:

J. C. ALLEN, D. A. l-Ion'rMAN.

